Chapter 311: A Small Goal

Chen Mo looked at Fang Chang as he entered and asked with some wariness.

"Is there something you need?"

He always found this kind of smile strangely familiar.

"President Chen, there's some good news. I originally wanted to write a report to submit, but then I thought, since you're just upstairs, I decided to come and report it in person."

Fang Chang sat down in the chair in front of the desk, his face unable to hide his joy.

Looking at Fang Chang's joyful expression, Chen Mo's bad premonition grew stronger. Could something that was good news in the eyes of these employees ever be good news for him?

He didn't know what kind of trouble this Fang Chang had cooked up for him again.

Chen Mo tried his best to calm down as he looked at Fang Chang sitting opposite him.

"What exactly is this good news?"

"It's like this, President Chen. Didn't Tiange Club hold an offline tournament for Extreme Survival? We contacted several streaming platforms and broadcast the offline tournament on those platforms."

"Now, the Extreme Survival offline tournament has reached the semi-finals stage, and thanks to the broadcasts over this period, the tournament streams have been very well-received by users on all major streaming platforms."

"After seeing how popular Extreme Survival is, those streaming platforms started contacting us, wanting the streaming rights for Extreme Survival."

Hearing Fang Chang say this, Chen Mo realized something was wrong. If they wanted streaming rights, Fang Chang and the others would definitely not grant them for free.

Sure enough, Fang Chang continued speaking at this moment.

"Since they want the rights, they naturally need to pay a licensing fee. After multiple rounds of negotiation, the licensing price was finally set at 30 million per year."

Fang Chang said excitedly.

When they first refused to buy out the rights, those top-tier streaming platforms only offered a licensing fee of 25 million.

However, after the offline tournament had been held for a few days, the content performed very well on those streaming platforms, with millions of people watching every day, and the numbers were even increasing.

After discovering this trend, he and Wei Yan discussed it and raised the streaming price to 30 million.

And those streaming platforms, seeing the popularity of Extreme Survival, didn't put up much resistance and directly agreed to the 30 million licensing price.

Just yesterday, they signed the licensing contracts with these four streaming platforms, and the licensing fees will be transferred to the Snowy Sky Games account in the next few days.

Of course, they didn't charge 30 million to Tiger Head Livestream because they had always been in a cooperative relationship, and considering that Extreme Survival was able to become known to players so quickly because of them, they only charged a 10 million licensing fee.

Of course, his and Wei Yan's original idea was to grant Tiger Head Livestream the rights for free for one year.

But Du Ziteng firmly disagreed, saying that Tiger Head Livestream was his father's business and had nothing to do with him, so they should still charge the money, and it was a must.

Fang Chang didn't really understand Du Ziteng's reasoning—wasn't his father's business essentially his own?—but seeing Du Ziteng's firm attitude, he didn't say anything more.

If he wanted to charge, so be it.

Who would turn away money? However, they didn't charge too much in the end, only 10 million.

Regardless of the relationship between Du Ziteng and his family, they certainly had to show sincerity on their side, which would make future cooperation much easier.

"How many platforms have you licensed it to in total?"

Chen Mo swallowed hard, his gaze fixed intently on the smiling Fang Chang.

"Currently, only four, and among them, because we have always had a cooperative relationship with Tiger Head Livestream, and because Extreme Survival was able to spread so quickly thanks to them, we only charged a 10 million licensing fee, so the total licensing fee is exactly 100 million."

"However, President Chen, there are currently some other smaller streaming platforms that have also contacted us, but the 30 million licensing fee has made them a bit hesitant, so nothing has been finalized yet. But if Extreme Survival can continue to maintain this level of popularity, those smaller streaming platforms, provided they have the financial strength, will definitely purchase the streaming rights for Extreme Survival."

Fang Chang explained, this was something he and Wei Yan had predicted in private; after all, if Extreme Survival continued to remain popular, many viewers would surely like it, and there might even be a Group of 'cloud players'.

But if your streaming platform cannot broadcast content from Extreme Survival, you will definitely lose a lot of viewers.

Four streaming platforms had brought in a licensing fee of 100 million.

Other streaming platforms might also purchase the streaming rights for Extreme Survival.

Listening to Fang Chang's words, Chen Mo felt dizzy. This wasn't good news; this was terrible news, catastrophic news!

"President Chen, are you alright?"

Fang Chang asked with some concern, looking at Chen Mo's gloomy expression.

In his heart, he thought, Wei Yan was really right; President Chen wouldn't show an excited expression over this kind of good news.

At this moment, President Chen's appearance was exactly as Wei Yan had guessed.

According to Wei Yan, President Chen didn't want to appear too happy and let them get carried away, which is why he would show a serious expression.

Indeed, Wei Yan was the person who understood President Chen the best.

"Hmm, I'm fine."

Chen Mo snapped back to reality and forced himself to calm down.

He couldn't change the contracts that had already been signed, but for those that hadn't, they shouldn't sign any more.

One 30 million, and with a few more platforms, that's another small goal!

"Um, if any other streaming platforms want to license it, just turn them down directly."

"Ah!"

"President Chen, if we turn them down, we'll lose out on a lot of licensing revenue."

Fang Chang didn't expect President Chen to directly refuse to license it to other platforms; wasn't this turning away money?

Chen Mo looked at Fang Chang, thought for a moment, and said meaningfully.

"You have to look at the long term. If you license Extreme Survival to so many platforms, what will those four platforms that have already signed the contracts think? Is the licensing for our Extreme Survival that cheap? Don't you know the principle that scarcity creates value?"

"If you grant the streaming rights for Extreme Survival to too many streaming platforms, then the licensing for Extreme Survival will be too cheap."

"That's settled. If any other streaming platforms want to license it, just turn them down."

Seeing that Fang Chang was still thinking, Chen Mo finalized the matter directly.

Fang Chang left the Presidents Office with doubts; he always felt that the reason President Chen gave was a bit far-fetched. Could there be some other hidden meaning?

After thinking about it, he returned to Snowy Sky Games, but didn't go back to his own office; instead, he went straight to Wei Yan's office.

As the person in the Group who understood President Chen the best, he wanted to hear what Wei Yan thought.